A Baloch Voice
I often get messages and tweets from Baloch people sharing information about their plight in Pakistan. I decided that it was time to end my reluctance to write on Balochistan, […]
Radiation
The need for responsible nuclear regulation
Got a tweet from a reader here who recommended The post by Rupa Subramanya Dehejia on the Wall Street Journal on Why We Need a Proper Nuclear Regulator and asked me
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Discuss Merits and demerits of India’s nuclear energy programme
How much energy does a nuclear power plant generate? According to Wikipedia, in India, we have 20 nuclear reactors in 6 nuclear power plants generating 4,780MW. 5 more plants under
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Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Crisis: What is really the danger?
When the MD of TEPCO Mr Akio Komori weeps on National Television, we can no longer escape accepting that the plant is in big trouble. Newly released images and video
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The Battle of Fukushima – Japan's Nuclear Update
Actually, I am no authority to be issuing updates, so I hope you guys see this for what it is. I am sharing what I am finding out from my
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Whither Nuclear Power? : Indian Nuclear Power
Whither Nuclear Power is an important question doing the rounds around the world, and more importantly for us, in India. Nuclear Power in India has been a matter of great
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Nuclear Emergency at Fukushima Daichi: Japan Earthquake Tsunami
Japan’s earthquake and tsunami have wreaked devastation across the country, with horrifying images of disaster coming in. The nuclear plants at Fukushima were designed to shut down automatically in the
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What is a nuclear meltdown?
Twitter is ablaze with news of nuclear meltdown being imminent in Japan and some tweets are along the lines of “OMG! the reactors are going to explode! God save the
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Catastrophe in Japan – Earthquake, Aftershocks and Tsunamis
A control room has been established in the Embassy of India, Tokyo which can contacted on phone numbers 00813 32622391 to 97. North Japan today was hit by an earthquake
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